U.S. patent application number 10/316079 was filed with the patent office on 2003-12-11 for tilting and shielding apparatus of monitor.
This patent application is currently assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Kim, Tae-Sung, Sung, Ki-Hyub.
Application Number | 20030227739 10/316079 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 29707739 |
Filed Date | 2003-12-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030227739 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Kim, Tae-Sung ; et
al. |
December 11, 2003 |
Tilting and shielding apparatus of monitor
Abstract
A monitor includes a monitor main body, a base member supporting
the monitor main body, a monitor hinge supporting the monitor main
body to be tilted against the base member within a predetermined
angle, and a shield rotatably combined to the monitor main body to
shield a gap between the monitor main body and the base member
rotating downwardly when the monitor main body is tilted up. With
this configuration, a tilting angle range of the monitor main body
can be easily widened. Further, the shield can shield the gap shown
between a base member and a monitor main body due to the tilt of
the monitor main body.
Inventors: |
Kim, Tae-Sung; (Yongin City,
KR) ; Sung, Ki-Hyub; (Suwon City, KR) |
Correspondence
Address: |
STAAS & HALSEY LLP
SUITE 700
1201 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON
DC
20005
US
|
Assignee: |
Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd.
Suwon-City
KR
|
Family ID: |
29707739 |
Appl. No.: |
10/316079 |
Filed: |
December 11, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
361/679.06 ;
248/917 |
Current CPC
Class: |
Y10S 248/922 20130101;
F16M 2200/08 20130101; Y10S 248/919 20130101; F16M 11/10 20130101;
F16M 2200/041 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
361/681 ;
248/917 |
International
Class: |
G06F 001/16; H05K
005/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 7, 2002 |
KR |
2002-31959 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A tilting apparatus in a monitor comprising: a monitor main
body; a base member; a monitor hinge supporting the monitor main
body to be tilted against the base member within a predetermined
angle; and a shield rotatably connected to the monitor main body to
shield a gap formed between the monitor main body and the base
member when the monitor main body is tilted up with respect to the
base member.
2. The monitor according to claim 1, wherein the shield comprises:
a shield main body connected to the monitor main body; and a
rotatable body rotatably connected to the shield main body to
shield the gap between the monitor main body and the base
member.
3. The monitor according to claim 2, wherein the shield main body
comprises a main part having a plate shape and combined to a rear
side of the monitor main body and a pair of main part supporting
parts provided in opposite ends of the main part and being
perpendicular to a surface of the main part, and the rotatable body
comprises: a pair of rotatable body supporting parts rotataby
coupled to the main part supporting parts, respectively; and a
shielding part provided between the rotatable body supporting parts
to shield the gap between the monitor main body and the base
member.
4. The monitor according to claim 3, wherein the shield includes a
spring member elastically separating the rotatable body from the
shield main body.
5. The monitor according to claim 4, wherein the spring member
comprises a flat spring having a first end combined to the main
part and a second end contacting the shielding part.
6. The monitor according to claim 3, wherein one of the main part
supporting part and the rotatable body supporting part comprises a
hinge hole, and the other one of the main part supporting part and
the rotatable body supporting part comprises a hinge projection in
correspondence to the hinge hole.
7. The monitor according to claim 6, wherein the shield includes a
spring member elastically separating a rotatable body from the
shield main body.
8. The monitor according to claim 7, wherein the spring member
comprises a flat spring having a first end combined to the main
part and a second end contacting the shielding part.
9. The monitor according to claim 1, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises: a link member provided between the monitor main body and
the base member and rotatably combined with the monitor main
body.
10. The monitor according to claim 9, wherein the monitor comprises
a cable coupled to the monitor main body and disposed in the gap,
and the link member accommodates the cable therein.
11. The monitor according to claim 9, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises: a pair of monitor brackets spaced from each other,
fastened to the monitor main body, and rotatably connected to the
link member.
12. The monitor according to claim 11, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises: a tilt limiting unit limiting a monitor main body
against the link member.
13. The monitor according to claim 12, wherein the tilt limiting
unit comprises: a rotation limiting washer formed with a pair of
guide projections protruding and spaced from each other; and a
rotation limiting projection incorporated with one of the monitor
brackets, disposed between the guide projections, and rotating
within a predetermined angle formed by the guide projections.
14. A monitor, comprising a monitor main body; a base member; a
monitor hinge mounted on the base member and rotatably connected to
the monitor main body to form an angle with the monitor main body;
and a shield movably connected to one of the base member, the
monitor hinge, and the monitor main body to shield a gap formed
between the monitor main body and the base member in response to a
tilting movement of the monitor main body.
15. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the shield
comprises: a shield main body having a main part mounted on the one
of the base member, the monitor hinge, and the monitor main body, a
main part supporting part extended from the main part, and a hinge
hole formed in the main part supporting part; and a rotatable body
having a shield part and a hinge projection formed on the shield
part to be rotatably inserted into the hinge hole of the main part
supporting part, the shield part rotating to shield the gap in
response to the tilting movement of the monitor main body.
16. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the shield
comprises: a shield main body having a main part mounted on the one
of the base member, the monitor hinge, and the monitor main body, a
main part supporting part extended from the main part, a hinge
projection formed on the main part supporting part; and a rotatable
body having a shield part and a hinge hole formed on the shield
part to receive the hinge projection of the main part supporting
part, the shield part rotating to shield the gap in response to the
tilting movement of the monitor main body.
17. The monitor according to claim 16, wherein the rotatable body
rotates about an axis passing through one of the hinge hole and the
hinge projection.
18. The monitor according to claim 16, wherein the shield
comprises: a spring holder formed on the main part of the shield
main body; and a flat spring disposed in the holder and extended
toward the shield part of the rotatable body to bias the rotatable
body with respect to the shield main body to shield the gap in
response to the tilting movement of the monitor main body.
19. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the shield
comprises: a flat spring disposed between the shield and the
monitor main body or between the shield and the base member to bias
the shield to move to shield the gap in response to the tilting
movement of the monitor main body.
20. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the monitor main
body forms a first angle and a second angle greater than the first
angle with the base member to form the gap, and the shield moves
from a first position to a second position to shield the gap in
response to the tilting movement when the monitor main body is
tilted to form the second angle with the base member.
21. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises: a link member; a lower end part formed on the link
member and coupled to the base member; and a monitor bracket
fixedly connected to the monitor main body and rotatably connected
to the link member.
22. The monitor according to claim 21, wherein the monitor bracket
comprises a hinge hole, and the monitor hinge comprises: an upper
end part formed on the link member; a non-circular shaped hinge
hole formed on the upper end part of the link member; and a hinge
bolt having a non-circular shaped spline part and a rod to be
connected to the non-circular shaped hinge hole of the upper end
part of the link member and the hinge hole of the monitor bracket,
respectively.
23. The monitor according to claim 22, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises a hinge bolt, and the hinge bolt comprises a threaded
portion formed on the rod to be coupled to the hinge nut when the
non-circular shaped spline part of the hinge bolt is disposed in
the non-circular shaped hinge hole and when the rod is disposed in
the hinge hole of the monitor bracket.
24. The monitor according to claim 22, wherein the monitor hinge
comprises a rotating limiting washer having a non-circular shaped
washer hole and guide projections spaced-apart from each other and
disposed around the non-circular shaped washer hole, and the
monitor bracket comprises: a rotation limiting projection disposed
to rotate between the guide projections of the rotating limiting
washer to limit the angle between the base member and the monitor
main body.
25. The monitor according to claim 24, wherein the rotating
limiting washer is disposed between the upper end part and the
monitor bracket, and the non-circular shaped spline part of the
hinge bolt is inserted into the non-circular shaped hinge hole of
the upper end part and the rotation limiting washer while the rod
of the hinge bolt is inserted into the hinge hole of the monitor
bracket.
26. The monitor according to claim 24, wherein the monitor bracket
rotates with respect to the upper end part of the monitor hinge and
the rotation limiting washer.
27. The monitor according to claim 24, wherein the rotation
limiting washer does not rotate with respect to the upper end part
of the monitor hinge.
28. The monitor according to claim 14, wherein the angle formed by
the monitor main body and the base member is in a range between
0.degree. and 40.degree. inclusive.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent
Application No. 2002-31959, filed Jun. 7, 2002, in the Korean
Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is
incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a monitor, and more
particularly, to a monitor which is improved in a mechanism tilting
a monitor main body against a base member and simplified in
design.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional monitor includes a base
member 130 set on an installation plane, a monitor main body 101
displaying a picture, and a link member 120 linking the base member
130 to the monitor main body 101.
[0006] A lower part of the link member 120 is incorporated with the
base member 130, and an upper part of the link member 120 is
rotatably combined with the monitor main body 101. Thus, the
monitor main body 101 can be tilted upwardly and downwardly against
the link member 120 or the base member 130.
[0007] Further, in the conventional monitor, a tilt of the monitor
main body 101 against the link member 120 is limited to a tilting
angle between 0.degree. and 30.degree.. That is, a user can tilt
the monitor main body 101 against the link member 120 only within
the tilting angle 0.degree..about.30.degree.. Herein, even if the
monitor main body 101 is tilted up and down against the link member
120 within the tilting angle between 0.degree. and 30.degree., a
gap between the base member 130 and the monitor main body 101 may
be not exposed in a user's view.
[0008] Recently, a user wants to tilt the monitor main body 101
more widely than the tilting angle between 0.degree. and
30.degree.. However, if the monitor main body is tilted beyond the
tilting angle between 0.degree. and 30.degree. in the conventional
monitor, the gap between the base member and the monitor main body
can be exposed in a user's view. That is, a structure, such as the
link member disposed in a rear side of the monitor, can be exposed
through the gap between the base member and the monitor main
body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] Accordingly, it is an aspect of the present invention to
provide a monitor in which a tilting angle of a monitor main body
can be widened while a gap between a base member and a monitor main
body is shielded.
[0010] Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be
set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part,
will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice
of the invention.
[0011] The foregoing and/or other aspects of the present invention
are achieved by providing a monitor including a monitor main body,
a base member supporting the monitor main body, a monitor hinge
supporting the monitor main body to be tilted against the base
member within a predetermined angle, and a shield rotatably
combined with the monitor main body to shield a gap between the
monitor main body and the base member by rotating downwardly when
the monitor main body is tilted.
[0012] According to an aspect of the present invention, the shield
includes a shield main body combined with the monitor main body and
a rotatable body rotatably combined to the shield main body and
shielding the gap between the monitor main body and the base
member.
[0013] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
shield main body includes a main part having a plate shape and
combined to a rear side of the monitor main body, and a pair of
main part supporting parts provided in opposite ends of the main
part perpendicular to a surface of the main part. The rotatable
body includes a pair of rotatable body supporting parts rotatably
coupled to the main part supporting parts, respectively, and a
shielding part provided between the rotatable body supporting parts
to shield the gap between the monitor main body and the base
member.
[0014] According to another aspect of the present invention, one of
the main part supporting part and the rotatable body supporting
part is formed with a hinge hole, and the other one of the main
part supporting part and the rotatable body supporting part is
formed with a hinge projection in correspondence to the hinge
hole.
[0015] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
shield includes a spring member elastically separating a rotatable
body from the shield main body.
[0016] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
spring member includes a flat spring having a first end combined
with the main part of the shield main body.
[0017] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
monitor includes a link member provided between the monitor main
body and the base member and rotatably combined with the monitor
main body.
[0018] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
link member accommodates cables connected to the monitor main body
therein and passes through the gap between the monitor main body
and the base member.
[0019] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
monitor includes a pair of monitor brackets spaced-apart from each
other and fastened to the monitor main body, and a pair of monitor
hinges rotatably connecting opposite upper end parts of the link
member to the monitor brackets, respectively.
[0020] According to another aspect of the present invention, at
least one of the monitor hinges is provided with a tilt limiting
unit limiting a tilt of the monitor main body against the link
member.
[0021] According to another aspect of the present invention, the
tilt limiting unit includes a rotation limiting washer, a pair of
guide projections formed in the rotation limiting washer to be
spaced from each other, and a rotation limiting projection
incorporated with at least one of the monitor brackets and disposed
between the guide projections to rotate within a predetermined
angle.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] These and/or other aspects and advantages of the present
invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from
the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction
with the accompany drawings of which:
[0023] FIG. 1 is a side view of a conventional monitor;
[0024] FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of a monitor according to
a first embodiment of the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the monitor of
FIG. 2;
[0026] FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of a monitor
hinge of the monitor of FIG. 2;
[0027] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a shield of FIG.
3;
[0028] FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a state that a monitor
main body is upwardly tilted in the monitor of FIG. 2;
[0029] FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing another state that the
monitor main body is downwardly tilted in the monitor of FIG. 2;
and
[0030] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a shield of a
monitor according to another embodiment of the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0031] Reference will now be made in detail to the present
preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which
are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like
reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The
embodiments are described in order to explain the present invention
by referring to the figures.
[0032] Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will
be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0033] As shown in FIGS. 2 through 4, a monitor according to an
embodiment of the present invention includes a monitor main body 1,
a base member 30 supporting the monitor main body 1 and being set
on an installation surface such as a table, etc., a link member 20
linking the base member 30 with the monitor main body 1, and a
monitor hinge 40 rotatably coupling the monitor main body 1 to the
link member 120, so that the monitor main body is tilted against
the base member 30 within a predetermined tilting angle. Further,
the monitor includes a shield 60 rotatably connected to the monitor
main body 1 to shield a gap between the base member 30 and the
monitor main body 1 which may be exposed in a user's view when the
monitor main body 1 is tilted against the base member 30.
[0034] Provided in a rear side of the monitor main body 1 is a pair
of monitor brackets 10 spaced from each other and rotatably
connecting the monitor main body 1 to the link member 20.
[0035] Each monitor bracket 10 is formed with bracket bolt through
holes 13 through which bracket bolts 11 are fastened to screw holes
5 formed in the rear side of the monitor main body 1, and the
monitor bracket 10 is also formed with a first hinge hole 15 to
which a hinge bolt 41 of the monitor hinge 40 (to be described in
detail later) is rotatably combined.
[0036] The base member 30 includes a lower plate 31 set on the
installation surface and an upper bracket 35 mounted on an upper
surface of the lower plate 31 and accommodating the link member 20.
The lower plate 31 is incorporated with the upper bracket 35 and
combined with a lower end part 25 of the link member 20 at a rear
portion thereof where the upper bracket 35 is placed, thereby
supporting the monitor main body 1.
[0037] The link member 20 has a "U" shaped cross section, is
accommodated in the upper bracket 35 of the base member 30, and
includes the lower end part 25 bent from a lower part thereof and
fixedly connected to the lower plate 31 of the base member 30 with
lower part bolts 27. A pair of upper end parts 21 provided in an
upper part of the link member 20 is rotatably connected to the
monitor main body 1. The upper end parts 21 are extended from upper
opposite sides of the lower end part 25 of the link member 20, and
each upper end part 21 has a noncircular-shaped second hinge hole
23 into which the hinge bolt 41 of the monitor hinge 40 is
inserted. Herein, the link member 20 accommodates cables 90
connected between the monitor main body 1 and a computer main body
(not shown).
[0038] The monitor hinge 40 forms a pair symmetrically disposed and
spaced from each other and includes two hinge bolts 41 and two
hinge nuts 43 to rotatably connect the pair upper end parts 21 of
the link member 20 to the monitor brackets 10, respectively.
[0039] The hinge bolt 41 has a head 41a, a threaded rod 41b smaller
in diameter than the head 41a in cross section and combined with
the hinge nut 43, and a noncircular-shaped spline part 41c provided
between the head 41a and the threaded rod 41b. The spline part 41c
is engaged with the noncircular-shaped second hinge hole 23 formed
on the upper end part 21 of the link member 20 and to a
noncircular-shaped washer hole 52 formed on a rotation limiting
washer 51 (to be described in detail later).
[0040] On the other hand, the monitor hinge 40 includes a tilt
limit unit 50 limiting a tilt of the monitor main body 1 against
the link member 20.
[0041] The tilt limiting unit 50 includes a rotation limiting
washer 51 formed with a pair of guide projections 53 protruding in
a radial direction to be spaced from each other, and a pair of
rotation limiting projections 55 incorporated with corresponding
monitor bracket 10 and rotating between the guide projections 53
forming a predetermined angle. On a center of the rotation limiting
washer 51 is formed the washer hole 52 having a noncircular shape
and engaged with the spline part 41c of the hinge bolt 41. The
rotation limiting projections 55 may be perpendicularly bent from a
position disposed adjacent to the first hinge hole 15 of the
monitor bracket 10 toward the rotation limiting washer 51.
[0042] Thus, the rotation limiting washer 51 is combined with the
hinge bolt 41 and the second hinge hole 23 formed on the upper end
part 21 of the link member 20, so that the rotation limiting washer
51 is prevented from rotating with respect to the link member 20.
To the contrary, the first hinge hole 15 of the monitor bracket 10
is rotatably engaged with the hinge bolt 41, so that the monitor
bracket 10 can be rotated with respect to the link member 20 and
the rotation limiting washer 51. Herein, the rotation limiting
projections 55 of each monitor bracket 10 can be rotated between
the guide projections 53 of each rotation restricting washer 51, so
that the tilt of the monitor main body 1 combined with the monitor
bracket 10 is limited within the angle formed between the guide
projections 53. Therefore, just altering a design of the angle
between the guide projections 53 of the rotation limiting washer 51
will easily change a tilting angle of the monitor main body 1.
[0043] With this configuration, a process of assembling the monitor
hinge 40 and an operation of the monitor hinge 40 will be described
below.
[0044] First, the lower end part 25 of the link member 20 is
mounted onto the upper surface of the lower plate 31 of the base
member 30, and the monitor brackets 10 are coupled to the rear side
of the monitor main body 1 to be spaced from each other.
[0045] Thereafter, the hinge bolts 41 are inserted into the
respective second hinge holes 23 formed on the upper end parts 21
of the link member 20, the spline part 41c of each hinge bolt 41 is
engaged with the noncircular-shaped each second hinge hole 23 and
end portions of the spline parts 41C of the hinge bolts 41 face
each other. Further, the rotation limiting washers 51 are combined
to the hinge bolts 41, respectively, so that the washer hole 52 is
engaged with the spline part 41c. Thus, each hinge bolt 41 is
combined with the rotation limiting washer 51 and the upper end
part 21 of the link member 20.
[0046] To the contrary, each circular-shaped first hinge hole 15 of
the monitor brackets 10 combined to the monitor main body 1 is
rotatably engaged with the hinge bolt 41, and the rotation limiting
projection 55 is disposed between the guide projections 53 of the
rotation restricting washer 51. Thus, the pair of the projections
53 limit a rotation of the rotation restricting projection 55 (see
FIGS. 6 and 7).
[0047] Thereafter, the hinge nuts 43 are coupled to the threaded
rods 41b of the hinge bolts 41, respectively, thereby coupling the
upper end parts 21, the rotation restricting washers 51, and the
monitor brackets 10 together. Herein, a binding force of the hinge
nuts 43 relative to the hinge bolts 41 should be greater than a
torque generated due to a weight of the monitor main body 1. Thus,
a user can tilt up the monitor main body 1 against the base member
30. Herein, the tilting angle of the monitor main body 1 according
to the present invention may be within 0.degree..about.40.degree.,
and besides, the monitor main body 1 can be designed to have
various tilting angle ranges as the demands.
[0048] On the other hand, as the tilting angle of the monitor main
body 1 is widened, the monitor according to the embodiment of the
present invention includes the shield 60 (see FIG. 5) shielding the
gap between the upper bracket 35 of the base member 30 and a front
lower part of the monitor main body 1 when the monitor main body 1
is tilted up against the base member 30.
[0049] As shown in FIG. 5, the shield 60 includes a shield main
body 61 connected to the monitor main body 1, and a rotatable body
71 rotatably combined to the shield main body 61 and shielding the
gap between the monitor main body 1 and the base member 30.
[0050] The shield main body 61 includes a main part 62 having a
plate shape and combined to the rear of the monitor main body 1,
and a pair of main part supporting parts 65 provided in opposite
ends of the main parts 62 to be perpendicular to a surface of the
main part 62. The main part 62 is formed with shield bolt through
holes 63 through which shield bolts 64 are inserted into the shield
combining holes 3 formed on the rear of the monitor main body 1
(see FIG. 3).
[0051] The rotatable body 71 includes a pair of rotatable body
supporting parts 75 rotataby coupled to the main part supporting
parts 65, respectively, and a shielding part 73 provided between
the rotatable body supporting parts 75 to shield the gap between
the monitor main body 1 and the base member 30.
[0052] In a surface of each main part supporting part 65 is formed
a hinge hole 67, and in a surface of each rotatable body supporting
part 75 is formed a hinge projection 77 rotatably inserted in the
hinge hole 67 of the main part supporting part 65.
[0053] With this configuration, the process of assembling the
shield 60 will be described below.
[0054] First, the hinge projections 77 protruded on the rotatable
body supporting parts 75 of the rotatable body 71 are rotatably
inserted in the hinge holes 67 of the main part supporting parts
65, thereby rotatably connecting the shielding part 73 to the
shield main body 61. Thereafter, the shield bolts 64 are inserted
into corresponding ones of the shield bolt through holes 63 formed
on the main part 62 of corresponding ones of shield main body 61
and are fastened to the shield combining holes 3 formed on the
monitor main body 1, thereby combining the shield 60 with the
monitor main body 1.
[0055] As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the operation of the shield 60 of
the monitor according to the embodiment of the present invention is
as follows.
[0056] When the monitor main body 1 is tilted up against the base
member 30, the rotatable body 71 is downwardly rotated with respect
to the shield main body 61 by its own weight, thereby shielding the
gap between the monitor main body 1 and the base member 30. When
the monitor main body 1 is tilted down against the base member 30,
the rotatable body 71 is forwardly rotated with respect to the
shield main body 61 to be pushed by a back structure, such as the
link member 20 disposed in rear portions of the monitor main body 1
and the base member 30, the cables 90, etc.
[0057] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of another shield of
the monitor according to another embodiment of the present
invention. In the second embodiment, elements like those of the
first embodiment will be given like reference numerals, and
repetitive descriptions will be avoided as necessary.
[0058] Contrary to the shield 60 of FIG. 5, a shield 60a shown in
FIG. 8 is provided with a flat spring 80 elastically separating a
rotatable body 71a from a shield main body 61a. The flat spring 80
has a first end coupled to a spring holder 81 formed on a main part
62a of the shield main body 61a, and a second end being in contact
with a shielding part 73a of the rotatable body 71a, thereby
elastically separating the shielding part 73a from the shield main
body 61a. Thus, the rotatable body 71a is elastically kept apart
from the shield main body 61a by the flat spring 80.
[0059] With this configuration, an operation of the shield 60a of
the monitor according to this second embodiment of the present
invention is as follows.
[0060] When the monitor main body 1 is tilted up against the base
member 30, the rotatable body 71a is downwardly rotated with
respect to the shield main body 61a by its own weight and an
elasticity (elastic force) of the flat spring 80, thereby shielding
the gap between the monitor main body 1 and the base member 30.
When the monitor main body 1 is tilted down against the base member
30, the rotatable body 71a is forwardly rotated with respect to the
shield main body 61a to be pushed by the back structure, such as
the link member 20 disposed in the rear portion of the base member
30, the cables 90, etc., by overcoming the elasticity of the flat
spring 80. Thus, the flat spring 80 is provided between the shield
main body 61a and the rotatable body 71a, thereby facilitating a
downward rotation of the rotatable body 71a.
[0061] In the shield 60a, the shield main body 61a can be combined
with the rear side of the monitor main body 1 like the first
embodiment or the base member 30 so as to shield the gap between
the monitor main body 1 and the base member 30.
[0062] In a case that the shield main body 61a is combined with the
base member 30, the operation of the shield 60a of the monitor is
as follows.
[0063] When the monitor main body 1 is tilted up against the base
member 30, the rotatable body 71a is upwardly rotated with respect
to the shield main body 61a by the elasticity of the flat spring
80, thereby shielding a gap between the monitor main body 1 and the
base member 30. When the monitor main body 1 is tilted down against
the base member 30, the rotatable body 71a is backwardly rotated
against the shield main body 61a to be pushed by the monitor main
body 1 to overcome the elasticity of the flat spring 80.
[0064] In this embodiment, between the shield main body 61a and the
rotatable body 71a is provided the flat spring 80. However, between
the shield main body 61a and the rotatable body 71a may be provided
with various spring members, such as a torsion spring elastically
separating the rotatable body 71a from the shield main body
61a.
[0065] As described above, the monitor according to the present
invention includes the monitor hinge rotatably combining the
monitor main body to a link member so as to tilt the monitor main
body against the base member, and the shield shielding the gap
between the front lower part of the monitor main body and the upper
bracket of the base member when the monitor main body is tilted up
against the base member, so that the tilting angle range of the
monitor main body can be easily widened, and so that the gap formed
between the base member and the monitor main body and exposed in
the user's view when the monitor main body is tilted is
shielded.
[0066] As described above, the present invention provides the
monitor in which the tilting angle range of the monitor main body
with respect to the base member can be easily widened.
[0067] Further, the present invention provides the monitor which
can shield the gap shown between the base member and the monitor
main body due to the tilt of the monitor main body.
[0068] Although a few embodiments of the present invention have
been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled
in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without
departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the
scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their
equivalents.
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